Year: 2008

Wow – this link was passed along to me tonight, and it’s one of the funniest vids I’ve seen in a while. A chunk of Halo footage makes it relevant – but I’d be recommending it anyway, even without the Halo connection. (Well, maybe not here, on HBO’s front page – but I’d be working…

Ouch. The New York Times has an article about Metal Gear Solid 4, and the hidden political and philosophical messages that it might or might not contain. (That’s not the ‘ouch’ part.) In discussing the importance of these elements, one of the people interviewed, Leigh Alexander (an associate editor at Kotaku), contended that it’s those…

Omega pointed out that as of right now (the critical point was passed sometime late yesterday or early today), the number of kills in Halo 3’s campaign exceeds the population on our planet, right now. That’s a lot of killing!(Louis Wu 13:48:14 UTC)

Dave Candland, Halo’s lead UI designer (you might know him as Evil Otto), decided to try his hand at guest-stripping for Another Halo Comic Strip – the result is actually quite funny. If ZZoMBiE13 can get enough submissions that conform to his guidelines, a Sunday Guest strip will be a regular feature – but they…

Smurfa noticed that DigitalPh33r has posted Episode 9, Part 2 (Act 2) of ‘Deus Ex Machinima’ over at Machinima.com. Lots of action, no dialogue. Make sure you’re up on the story before you watch this.(Louis Wu 13:37:00 UTC)

Today’s edition of Another Halo Comic Strip is an interesting look at Finders Keepers…(Louis Wu 22:36:42 UTC)

The Halo 3 ‘Believe’ campaign continues to rack up advertising awards – the latest is a pair of Gran Prix Lions (Film and Integrated) won at the 55th International Advertising Festival in Cannes last night. Check sample writeups at Adweek and AdvertisingAge.(Louis Wu 20:15:39 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy has kicked off the Halo Corpse Alphabet, a rather macabre project aimed at reproducing the standard English alphabet in… well, dead Spartans. The news story shows off an example of an X. Go see what you can contribute!(Louis Wu 19:36:56 UTC)

Tyler sent word that Forecast the Series Episode 4 is now online – you can read about it on their website, or watch it on YouTube. Folks are getting pretty creative with the machinimatography! (On second thought, there’s not much to read – just go watch it.)(Louis Wu 19:36:10 UTC)

Inside Halo 18 has a really short recap of MLG San Diego, the top 5 plays of the week, and some machinima highlights – go watch! Thanks, Bob 116.(Louis Wu 16:55:19 UTC)

Heh – the Plumsted, NJ public library has discovered that you can attract a little-seen demographic (young adults) by hosting a Halo lanfest. (The article mentions that young MALE adults were brought in – but the picture accompanying the story shows a mixed audience.) The question is, are they checking out books before they leave?(Louis…

News.com.au has a story about Supanova, a science fiction convention in Sydney, Australia this weekend. The picture gallery has a couple of nice shots of a fan’s Master Chief costume.(Louis Wu 12:44:19 UTC)

UNSC Trooper pointed out that the Fan Fic Pick of the Week is up over at the HBOFF forum. Go see what (ENS) Rabid_Gallagher came up with as the top few stories of the batch! (Louis Wu 12:43:42 UTC)

Last night, Bungie posted their Weekly Update (available, as always, in our Weekly Update Archive in addition to Bungie.net), and it contains a monster writeup of the Halo 3 Battle Rifle, and how it was designed to work. (This week saw a lot of discussion around the net about how the battle rifle is ‘broken’…

You might or might not remember link4044 – he built a really cool Assault Rifle last year. He’s back – and this time, he’s putting together a Legendary Crest. It looks incredible! Check it out.(Louis Wu 20:43:03 UTC)

MLGPro.com has posted the MLG/ESPN Top Ten #4 – this one is completely culled from the MLG Meadowlands tournament, and you’ll see some great pro playing. Take a look!(Louis Wu 19:23:08 UTC)